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Rating: “Three really talented guys….”
This is how I like to describe these “young men” who over time have managed to give a different direction to Italian music (if we really want to call it “music”) of recent years…
An album truly worth listening to... a “cure for the ears” that makes human senses transcend into infinity; however, the album presents itself as a light and daring cocktail of sounds, alternating sweet ballads (“La tua fretta”; “Nel mio letto,” which recalls Corgan's sweet piano notes in “Blank Page” finding outlet in blue-eternal and melancholic chords elegantly performed by Alberto Ferrari, the singer-guitarist) with acute moments of soul ecstasy as in “Nova,” “Onan,” “Meduse,” and “Tappeti”….
The album is easy to listen to, but the lyrics are not always clear and often leave room for one’s own imagination to grasp the content, as happens to me when listening to “Centrifuga,” arguably a key song.
Every note, every piece, and every sound is delicately curated, researched, and intended to give the album a distinct imprint, a color that sets it apart in its genre… the frequent guitar solos, the arpeggios, and the drumming pieces by Luca are beautiful…
Seeing them live, they manage to give their all… I would dare say a sweet-charge full of restlessness and spleen that certainly leads them to have an important role in the “sick” Italian scene.
Definitely one of the best albums of 2001.
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
02 Spaceman (04:35)
Spaceman
la fine è qui e ti cullerà
io temo di vincerti
la vertigine in volo
nessuno saprà mai che in questo cielo
dovrò concluderti nel blu
io nel blu
Spaceman
tu giura è qui che m'incontrerai
e sarai simile a me
in ogni io che sei..tudutu..
in ogni io che sei..tudutu..
in ogni io che sei..tudutu..
in ogni io che sei..tudutu..
in ogni io che sei..tudutu..
in ogni io che sei..tudutu..
Spaceman
la fine è qui e ti cullerà
io temo di vincerti
la vertigine in volo
respira in vene lisce e questo è bene
dovrò concluderti
concluderti...
spaceman
spaceman
spaceman..
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By ZiOn
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One of the best albums of 2001, and without a doubt a record to be listened to, without prejudice.
By JohnWinston
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By Taurus
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By Allegretti
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